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Food, Drink and Tobacco Process Operatives

Overview

£21,582 Entry Level Salary

£26,436 Average Salary

£38,716 Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

  • Processes tobacco leaves by hand or machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products.
  • Mixes, pulps, grinds, blends and separates foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment.
  • Operates equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurise, smoke, sterilise, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing.
  • Attends equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin.
  • Operates machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products.
  • Sets, operates and attends machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products.

Education Requirements

Required Level Percentage achieved
Level 0 19%
Level 1 20%
Level 2 24%
Level 3 18%
Level 4-5 (Higher Education) 11%
Level 6 (Bachelors) 6%
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent) 3%

8 Annual Openings

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs.

Skills & Knowledge Employers Are Asking For

Over the past year, employers in Lincolnshire have asked for the following skills & Knowledge in their job postings for Marketing and Commercial Managers.

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